The Blue Jays signed another ex-Indian infielder.

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Get to 3,000 hits (haha) and get the nationwide recognition you deserve, Omar!

With or Without the H

by johnf34 on Jan 23, 2012 9:10 PM EST reply actions

International recognition!

Canada, prepare to be charmed.

by PBH on Jan 23, 2012 11:09 PM EST up reply actions

Charmed? I only met him once and he was quite rude. May have been a bad day but sheesh!

by Aussie Wahoo on Jan 24, 2012 3:14 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

My only recollection of him, personally, is waiting in a hoard before the game to get an autograph. He signed for more people than I could have ever imagined. Sadly, the hat which held the autograph has vanished.

Matt LaPorta is the bane of my existence.

by USSChoo on Jan 24, 2012 9:10 AM EST up reply actions

My sister claims to have been groped by him (on the rear) during one of the post game autograph signing sessions.

by talonk on Jan 24, 2012 10:24 AM EST up reply actions

As a Torontonian, I can tell you firsthand that our collective heart was charmed & captured by Wendel Clark, who then handed it over to Tie Domi, where it went AWOL for awhile and is now holed up with Dion Phaneuf, who, as far as anyone can tell, has only ever groped the butt of Sean Avery’s “sloppy seconds”.

"Sounds like 'Take the Z-Train' to me." -- Antoine Batiste

by T.O. Tribe on Jan 24, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions

I believe that.

During the 2003 and 2004 seasons I shot many Indians games for a local paper. During that time it was pretty common for Omar to sit on the dugout steps and rest his arm on the barrier between the dugout and the photo bay for the bottom half of innings. If you sat on the opposite side of the barrier it was a great spot because you were close to homeplate, but Omar might talk your ear off—which was cool, but distracting. Many of the veteran baseball photographers avoided that spot for just that reason. Omar didn’t always sit there, but if there was a pretty female photographer in that spot, you could guarantee he’d be there animatedly chatting her out of good images with a big grin. When a guy sat there, he’d have his hand on his chin and stay quiet during the pitches.

I was being facetious about him charming the entirety of Canada (I’m sure Saskatoon could care less), but I’ve always loved him as a player and felt pretty lucky to talk to him for an inning or two during the occasional game even though I pretended like it was no big deal.

by PBH on Jan 24, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions

Ah, I’m only joking too. I guess in a roundabout way I’m stating the fact (sad as it is) that Toronto will always be a hockey town. Not that dissimilar to Cleveland’s relationship with football, eh?

That said, Omar’s been getting some press here — though they’re still all clamouring for Prince after the Darvish fallout.

"Sounds like 'Take the Z-Train' to me." -- Antoine Batiste

by T.O. Tribe on Jan 24, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions